SEWER WORK PROJECTS DURING OCTOBER

(Friday, October 9, 2009) --- The City and County of Honolulu's Department of Environmental Services will be working on 14 major sewer projects in October that may impact roadways and traffic on Oahu.

The projects are:

ØHoughtailing Street Area Sewer Rehabilitation – Sewer rehabilitation work in Kamehameha Heights area on various streets within the area bordered by North School Street, Kokea Street, Kamalii Street, Aulii Street, Ilima Drive, Makanani Drive and Kapalama Drive.

ØKaneoheBay Trunk Sewer Reconstruction – Installation of a new gravity sewer line on Kaimalu Place and Kaneohe Bay Drive, between Mokapu Saddle Road and Malukai Place.Installation of cured-in-place-pipe (CIPP) along Kaimalu Place, Kaimalu Way and Ikenani Drive.

ØKapiolani Area Revised Sewer – Installation of gravity lines along Kona Street by way of Pensacola and Kamakee streets.

ØWilhelmina Rise Sewer Rehabilitation – Sewer rehabilitation work in Wilhelmina Rise area on various streets within the area bordered by Paula Drive, Lurline Drive, Wilhelmina Rise, Keanu Street and Claudine Street.

More than 100 projects are underway focused on Oahu's wastewater treatment plants, pump stations and collection system. These projects are part of hundreds of millions of dollars of ongoing wastewater projects, including planning, designing, construction, project management and equipment project phases.